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輟食吐哺

简辍食吐哺 · 繁輟食吐哺

Mandarin · pinyin chuò shí tǔ bǔ

to stop eating and spit out

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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
吐: tǔ · vomit, spew out, cough up
哺: bǔ · chew food; feed
辍: chuò · stop, suspend, halt

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4–2–3–3 · chuo4 shi2 tu3 bu3

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